Content Asset Types

Salesforce B2C Commerce manages two types of content assets: content assets that are stored in the database and file assets that are stored in the file system.

Content assets are objects such as HTML blocks or text blocks that are stored in the database. File assets, such as images, audio, and video are represented by an entry in the database just like HTML or text content. In addition, file assets include a property for the path to the file on the file system. The file itself is stored within a folder, specified by the path, on disk. When replicating content, both the database content and file system files are copied to the Production instance. The reference between these two storage systems can't be broken into separate replication tasks.

You can reference external files within content asset HTML, but the actual file must be uploaded to the file system, such as the following:

https://[instancename].web.dw.demandware.net/on/demandware.servlet/webdav/Sites/Libraries/[Library name],

where the Library name is the name of the library, currently a site name, for example SiteGenesis.

Upload non-html/text content asset files by selecting site > Content > Import & Export > Upload (Content Image Upload section). Navigate the content library tree structure to add new folders and files, and to replace or delete files. This structure enables you to use content assets that can be updated without requiring a code modification. When you upload a new .swf file (with a new name), for example, you must change the URL link in the content asset.

For example, you could add the following code to an HTML content asset to show the InStyle.jpg file:

<map name="instyle" id="instyle">
 <area shape="rect" coords="540,444,672,622" 
href="$url('Product-Show','pid','M1092')$" 
alt="Women's Margherite Cable Handbag" />
 </map>
 <p><img width="750" height="715" alt=""
 usemap="#instyle"src="images/asSeenIn/InStyle.jpg?$staticlink$" />&nbsp;
</p>

Then you would load the InStyle.jpg file, as described previously, to the images/asSeenIn folder.